Author:
Wade A. Tisthammer
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Date Posted: 02/15/04 3:15pm
In reply to:
Damoclese
's message, "dandy" on 02/13/04 9:01pm
>>>
>>>How is it that by being on day 1461 and then being on
>>>day 1458 implies that he finished his autobiography?
>>
>>Remember we're counting backwards. Day 365 is 1 year
>>ago. Day 1461 is 4 years ago. So if 4 years ago he
>>finished writing about the day that existed 4 years
>>ago, at that point his autobiography is finished
>>because he has written all the days of his life so far
>>at that point.
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>Okay, but day 1461 is the total number of days passed
>since he started writing converted to years. It isn't
>"four years ago". It's four years worth of days he's
>recorded (even though a thousand and a half years have
>passed for him).
No, day 1461 is 1461 days ago. The numbering scheme we're using is to count backwards. Day 365 is 365 days ago, year 1 is 1 year ago etc. Thus day 1461 is 4 years ago. So if last year (year 1) he wrote about day 1458, then 4 years ago (year 4) he was writing about day 1461 (remember, he writes about one day after the next, and each year he writes about a day). But that day was in year 4, he is at a point where he writes all the days of his past life. He thus finishes his autobiography, which is absurd.
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